I was thinking about expectations this morning. I expect good things these days. When I wake up, my thoughts are positive and usually go something like, "Ooh, bed is warm, gotta get up, coffee, need coffee, need to let Janie out (my Pomeranian Chihuahua), turn on coffee pot after opening all the drapes, oh nice day or yum! rainy day!" Even sick as I have been over the holidays, I have woken up positive and expecting good things. That has not been the case for a while, but I handled a particularly vexing matter (smile here) and it has lifted a huge weight off my shoulders. Expecting good things is kind of like a dog's life. Have you ever read one of those dog thoughts versus cat thoughts dialogues? The dogs thoughts are like "Hooray let's go outside!" Then, "Hooray my human gave me a treat!" and, "et's go for a ride? Hooray!!" Owner leaves, dog sits by door and owner returns, "Hooray, you came back! I missed you, time to eat!" He runs around jumping and barking joyously. In contrast, the cat wakes up and says, "Day 211 of my capitivity. Smelly human placed rations of unknown substance on the dirty mat nearby. I must eat it and keep up my strength, so that I can escape at the earliest opportunity. Soon the smaller humans will come to torment me in my confinement and I will probe for weaknesses." Life Lesson 2 Expectations froma Pom-Chi's point of view The contrast makes me laugh! I want to be more like my dog Janie whose is so happy to do anything that we do on a daily basis. She even stands still while I give her a bath, and then jumps joyously when we are done, so that she can be blown dry, "Hooray, time to blowdry!" Expectations have so many sides and scenarios that it would be difficult to try to cover even a small portion of how expectations color our lives, but how about today, we expect great things? "Hooray, it's a Tuesday!" Since I am also a cat lover and want to give equal opportunity for both species to shine (because how dare we chuckle at our cats expense), I have to say that my cats joy is brought out by two things: The laser light and foam earplugs. She needs these things the way I need air. She practically goes into spasms of joy when I toss earplugs for her to chase. "Hooray, ear plugs!"So next time your husband, wife, friend, dog, cat, boss, grandmother, child says "hey let's go ...(fill in the blank with something not involving physical or mental harm) say "Hooray!!" and remember to bark and jump with joy, because that is one of the ways we give flowers everyday to our loved ones. "Hooray! Flowers!"Livin' gluten free and fabulous,Kim about the author MORE POPULAR POSTSto share this post and photo click on the title and choose facebook or other icon